Swartz, 26, left no note before his Friday morning death in the seventh-floor apartment at a luxury Sullivan Place building, police sources said.

His girlfriend, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, found Swartz’s body hanging from a belt just inside his bedroom window, sources said.

Swartz’s death, ruled a suicide by the city medical examiner, came two years to the day after his arrest on allegations of breaching a computer network to download millions of pages of documents kept at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His trial on federal felony charges, which carried a possible 35-year prison sentence and $1 million fine, was set to begin in February. Swartz had pleaded not guilty.

Grieving family members said the federal prosecution drove Swartz to suicide.

“Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy,” his family said in a statement. “It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office and at MIT contributed to his death.”

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who could not be reached for comment, paid his respects to the Swartz family via Twitter.

Other colleagues remembered Swartz’s exceptional mind.

“He was brilliant, and funny,” said friend Larry Lessig, a Harvard Law professor, in a blog post. “A kid genius. A soul, a conscience.”

Swartz was a computer prodigy who designed his first website at age 13 — and dropped out of high school after just one year. At 14, he helped write the RSS program that alerts users to new blog posts.

He later co-founded the social news website Reddit, enjoying a financial windfall in 2006 when it sold to Conde Nast’s Wired Digital.

The self-educated Swartz was admitted to Stanford as a sociology major, but he dropped out after a year as well. He also founded Demand Progress, an Internet group that campaigns against Web censorship, and became known as a cyber Robin Hood — providing free Web content to one and all.

In 2008, he single-handedly made 20 million pages of federal court documents available, for free, before the government shut him down. The pages were typically sold for 10 cents apiece.

“His stunts were breathtaking,” wrote longtime friend Cory Doctorow on his blog. “Aaron accomplished some amazing things in his life.”

In addition to severe financial woes caused by his legal fight, Swartz had written for many years about his struggles with depression. He also wrote about death.

“There is a moment, immediately before life becomes no longer worth living, when the world appears to slow down and all its myriad details suddenly become brightly, achingly apparent,” he wrote in a 2007 post titled “a moment before dying.”

Neighbor Ricky Weissman, 31, said he believed Swartz lived with Stinebrickner-Kauffman in the Crown Heights home and kept a low profile.

“Not a lot of people in the building knew much about him,” Weissman said.

Swartz was indicted in 2011 after allegedly swiping 4.8 million scholarly papers and other documents from JSTOR, an archive of academic articles.

While working as a research fellow in Harvard University’s Safra Center for Ethics, he purportedly used automated software to download the data from JSTOR — based at MIT.

“We have all lost someone today who had more work to do, and who made the world a better place when he did it,” Doctorow said.

Founded in 2005, Reddit prides itself on its strong belief in free speech and allows registered users to post and vote up or down on pictures and articles visitors upload. Uploads with the most votes go to the top of the specific category of interest, known as a “reddit,” and are featured prominently on the main page.

Yet the site’s loose content rules have led to a number of controversial “subreddits” featuring underage girls and pictures of dead bodies, as well as pages titled “incest,” “Choke a bitch” and “Rapejokes.

Manchester City’s eccentric striker has racked up thousands in parking fines and had his motors impounded 27 times.

Mario, 22 — who famously wore a T-shirt saying “Why always me?” — found the latest ticket on his camouflage-painted car as he emerged from a city clothes store. At least he’s always cool about taking penalties.

A pipeline explosion in the Arepo area of Ogun State killed about 30 people who went to siphon petroleum products from a ruptured Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipeline on Saturday.It was learnt that the fire broke out after vandals started fighting over the oil. One of them was said to have fired a shot that that led to the explosion.

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism Unit, Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos, who were on patrol were said to have gone to the scene to avert further disaster.

It was in the process that they arrested a medical doctor, Dr. Odusina Adegboyega, and one of the survivors, Sunday Reuben, on their way to the hospital.Confirming the arrest, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Friday Ibadin, who is in charge of the task force, said the explosion started at about 2am on Saturday.

“Shortly after the explosion, policemen led by Sector Commander, Lagos, DSP Onaghise Osayande, cordoned off the area to reduce casualties while they awaited the arrival of fire fighters to quench the fire.“It was in the process that they stumbled into a jeep carrying one of the survivors and a medical doctor who was on his way to the hospital. In the course of interrogation, we discovered that the survivor was one of those who participated in the killing of NNPC officials last year.

“The task force arrested six suspected vandals who were alleged to have participated in the incident that led to the killing of three NNPC officials at Arepo Village, Owode, Ogun State.“Sometime in August, 2012, there was a fire outbreak which was caused by suspected vandals who burst the pipeline to siphon petroleum products at Arepo.”

The spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone.Farinloye said the casualty figure could not be ascertained.“The explosion has made the area inaccessible but we will continue rescue efforts on Sunday (today),” he said.

Also, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer of the Ogun Command, Mr. Kareem Olanrewaju, who confirmed the fire said, “No arrest was made as the vandals escaped through Majidun.”Residents however told our correspondent that over 30 people were killed in the fire.

Saturday, 12 January 2013

In an interview recently held, Osita Iheme popularly known as Paw-Paw revealed thathe's looking for a wife. He was asked why he isn't married unlike his partner Aki.

But the challenge is that I do not know whom to marry. I’m not really searching per se, of course, I have many female friends and fans. Some of them intimate, but picking the person I will spend the rest of my life with is what is delaying my settling down. God will help me decide soon, because with Him all things are possible. I know I will be getting married someday, it could even be tomorrow, this month or even next month, but what I cannot tell is the very day or date. I have told you everything is in God’s hands and He alone will help me make the right choice. Mind you, he who finds a wife, finds a good thing…I do not know and would not want to disclose anything about my future wife or even give clues. But I have always told you that I can marry an actress. Of course, there are a couple of them in the picture, but I have somebody I confide in always. I do not know if I’m still searching or not because love has been kind to me. God knows that I need a wife and He will surely provide a good one for me.

This Guy is cute! Why are ladies running away from him? There's money you know :) Looking for a life partner as a lady? Here's your opportunity!

Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences, yesterday, paraded 84 suspected hoodlums from the popular Oshodi Bus Stop, Oshodi local government, as part of efforts to flush out criminals from the area in particular and the state in general.

The miscreants, who were currently being detained pending their trial at the Special court, Alausa, were arrested at about 5:00 am during a raid of the area.

The 83 miscreants paraded by the taskforce, include: 30 under-aged male children who would be transfered to one of the Lagos State Correctional Centers for Boys for rehabilitation and 10 persons who have been arrested over three times by the taskforce, were also re-arrested.Tajudeen Yusuf, one of the miscreants who was arrested with pistol, claimed that he was arrested while relaxing with his friends at the Heritage park.

Yusuf, 20-year-old, stated that the pistol found on him doesn’t belong to him, saying “I saw the gun on the floor at the garage. I don’t know the owner of the gun.”

He added, “I have not seen gun since I was born. I don’t know where they sell it. I’m a professional barber who owns a shop in the market.”

Another suspect, Wasiu Fashola, 16-year-old, from Ogun State, said he left home November 1, 2012, in the company of his friend, saying, “I left home after my mother disowned me.”

Earlier, the Taskforce Chairman, Supol Bayo Sulaimon said that the taskforce moved into the area at about 4:30 am and effected the arrest of the miscreants.

“We arrested one of the miscreats with a toy gun which he uses to attack commuters at the Bus Stop. Who will see this in the dark and will not believe that it is not a gun?” the chairman asked.

Sulaimon lamented that the large percentage of the under-aged miscreants leave their homes without their parents’ consent, adding “they come to motor parks and garages and any available open space and turn it into homes.”

Nigeria's noble Mobile Connoisseur and brain behind the popular Mobility Blog - Yomi Adegboye (aka Mister Mobility) in friendly co-operation with Kathleen Ndongmo brought about what I call a 'super cool karaoke night' for great minds on Twitter. We have likes of Olamide Egbayelo of Hexalsms.com, Chyka Olive and other interesting Tweeps. Oh no! how could you have missed such an event? I wasn't there too and it hurts me so bad seeing my friends and internet-family sing and dance in the good name of fun. Yeah! It was fun! Not to forget, I got some new handles (Tweeps) that will help expand my network on Twitter; I was also able to spot some of my friends. Gosh! There's beauty out there (females). The small venue was well spiced with Beautiful ladies and Handsome guys. Cute People!

Wanna learn more about Karaoke with a tweep and it's future events? @ThekaraokeSound is the Twitter handle. Follow and Interact.

Along Ikotun road this morning, the BRT bus above was reported to be involved in an accident yesterday morning along Ikotun, Lagos. The BRT bus driver and two other people were said to have been injured.

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) - Professor Charles Soludo was picked-up (arrested)from his residence in Abuja.Soludo’s arrest was in connection with the controversial contract he awarded for the printing of polymer currency notes to an Australian firm while he was governor of the CBN between 2006 and 2008.

Huh? Okay, that was the reason for the arrest. How True? Would he be released soon?

The new Prince Charming who is a Music Superstar in Nigeria, confirmed his relationship with Yvonne Nwosu on Tuesday in a photo on Instagram {see above}Yvonne Nwosu previously shared the same picture on Instagram but Ice Prince's version of it has a caption saying - Ain’t Nobody’s Bizz!!!

Info:Ice Prince has a son while Yvonne Nwosu has a daughter. They are single parents. Perfect!

Let me start by laughing. hehehehehehehehe......Akpos Oporoghene Umokoro Edafe was an intelligent business man and a well distinguished genius. Apart from being a clown, Akpos was into other vocational and value-added activities that painted his name bold on social media networks and entertainment blogs.A pity, the famous Akpos died in an air accident yesterday. Doctors are confudsed! No one could give a name to the cause of his death but we all know he died!It happened that Akpos was having a nice time with his 'handsome' sweetheart - Ekaette, in his multi-million dollar mansion situated in the clouds; All of a sudden, Ekaette screamed out 'Akpos' when the security men immediately rushed there to hear-out what actually is the problem; At that moment, Akpos' body had vanished so nobody believed Akpos died.Yeah! Akpos died- He simply wanted to hug his wife (Ekaette) when he 'piecesed' and vanished into thin air like ash.

Wanna know? Akpos never existed. He is an illusion! People ask, who is this Akpos we keep 'yabbing' everyday. The famous Mister Akpos *lol* is a clown and genius that lives on the internet. Let me say, Akpos is just a title and nobody. hehehehehehehe...... Akpos is dead lol.

This report was published by Forbes.com and Nigeria was ranked the 20th saddest country in the world out of 20 top results.This is a sadnote to a country that is by many called- Sad!When I was in junior school, my teacher would write: 'There's room for improvement' in my report sheet when I fail to impress him.Nigeria needs improvement; Yes there's room!

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

A mysterious fire, which engulfed a house in Ubachima, Awo Omamma, Oru East Local Gouncil Area of Imo State, has consumed a pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter.

It was not clear how the fire started but two conflicting accounts were peddled by villagers as the cause of the inferno when Vanguard visited the scene of the ugly incident.

The first account had it that the pregnant woman, Mrs. Nkechi Amajuoyi, her husband, Benedict, and their daughter, were cooling off outside the house until it became very chilly for the woman and her little daughter.

Those behind the account equally reasoned that because there was no public power supply in the community on the fateful night, the woman lit the family’s lantern and headed for their living room.

They opined that the late woman was unaware that petrol was dripping from her husband’s parked motorcycle inside the house, adding that it caught fire immediately she entered the room.

Another school of thought believed that the woman had successfully gone to bed and slept but along the line, fire from the lantern spread to other materials in the room.

Speaking to journalists, bereaved Benedict Amajuoyi said he was a native of Awa, Oguta Local Government Area of the state and a staff of Consolidated Breweries, Awo Omamma.

He affirmed amidst, tears that he returned from work at about 8pm, had his supper and decided to take a rest on a bench outside the house but was woken up by shouts of his name that probably came from his dying wife.

Amajuoyi said he ran to the room where his wife and daughter were sleeping and only found out that there was nothing he could do as the inferno had covered everywhere.

Funny right? Yeah we live in an amazing country; You should know that!Not more than 5 goats were charged for violating some environmental laws by the state and words from The state Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Henry Ogunbanwo are that "the goats would be charged to court by the agency and would be prosecuted in accordance with the laws guiding environmental protection in the state".

What a wonderful world!

He advised those rearing domestic animals to keep them in a cage to avoid arrest, insisting that his agency would not allow any animal to roam about on the streets of any town or village in the state. He urged those looking for their goats in Osogbo and its environs to check at the state office of OWMA in Osogbo.

President Goodluck Jonathan has again lashed out at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a confused man unstable in his views regarding government’s handing of the protracted Boko Haram insurgency.

Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his spokesperson, Reuben Abati, was reacting to Mr. Obasanjo’s comment in a CNN interview that the president had been deploying excessive force and exploring little or no dialogue in solving the Boko Haram problem.

“To deal with a group like that, you need a carrot and stick. The carrot is finding out how to reach out to them. When you try to reach out to them and they are not amenable to being reached out to, you have to use the stick,” Mr. Obasanjo reportedly said.

An apparently angry Mr. Abati took to Twitter early this morning deploring the former president’s comment and labeling him a confused man whose counsel or view the government does not care about.

In four different tweets this morning, the presidential spokesperson said, “In Nov. 2012 in Warri, fmr Prez. Obasanjo accused federal govt of being soft on Boko Haram. He recommended the Odi solution: genocide.

Mr. Obasanjo first angered Mr. Jonathan after he suggested that the president appeared a weak leader given the way he was handling the security challenges facing the country.

In his comment, the former President reminded the nation of how he directed security agencies to invade Odi, Rivers State, to fish out militants who killed some security men during his tenure.

An angry Mr. Jonathan however hit back at Mr. Obasanjo during his last media chat, saying the Odi invasion Mr. Obasanjo boasted about did not solve the problem but only ended up shedding the blood of the innocent.

Since then, elements loyal to the two men within the party have engaged one another in a war of words, and the national leadership of the party has been desperate for a reconciliation.

But when a peace team, led by party chairman Bamanga Tukur, visited the ex-President in his Ota farm on December 15, Mr. Obasanjo insisted he would continue to comment on national issues whenever necessary not minding whose ox is gored.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------No be me talk am o; This was culled from [Naij News]

The Dean, School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of Benin, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh on Tuesday announced the development of a new drug that can possibly cure HIV and AIDS.

While briefing newsmen in Benin, Prof. Ibeh said the herbal drug had undergone “series of successful tests”.

He said, “We are at the threshold of making history, in the sense that we seem to have with us something that will permanently take care of what over time seems to have defied all solutions.“We are talking about the latest discovery of an oral drug made from plants extraction in Nigeria for thepossible cure of the pandemic, HIV and AIDS virus.”

He explained that the research work started in 2010 and culminated in the development of “Deconcotion X (DX)–Liquid or Bioclean 11 for the cure of HIV and AIDS”.

“The existing retroviral drugs are intervention drugs for the management of AIDS but our new discovery is a possible cure.

“We have tried to look at the product first; its toxicological analysis and discovered that it has a large safety margin. This means that if animals or human beings are exposed to it, they will not suffer any serious harm at all from the exposure.

“It also helped us to know the quantity we can conveniently give to animals and will feel secure that nothing untoward will happen. We have also done the bacteriological analysis on it, after whichwe looked at its effect on the virus and the result was quite revealing and refreshing.”

According to Ibeh, the drug had undergone series of medical examination both in Nigeria and in the USA. He added that the drug had performed well when administered to patients with the HIV virus and had shown evidence of total restoration of damaged tissues.

Tuesday was a catastrophic day for residents of waterfront suburb of Ebute Metta in Lagos State as fire danced through dozens of buildings around Market Street to be precise.News have it that there's no actual reason for the fire; A resident of the area said it all started from a room and noise of "fire fire fire" was in the air but unfortunately, no one could go near as at the time of trying to put an end to the supposedly 'little incident'What a pity! I saw a woman in wrapper only; Her house must have been burnt down :(Although, there were no casualties from the fire, which began around 5pm and was yet to be put out as it was fanned by swirling winds.

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

2013 Prophecies by Pastor E.A. Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian church of God

A) General

This year shall be better than last year

B) Individuals

No matter the darkness around you, your star will shine brighterGod will speak peace to your storm,The reasons for stagnation will become known, addressed and eliminated. Therefore progress will follow.In many senses of the word, this year shall be a year of completeness.

C) Nigeria

The prayers for some of you minimized the deaths of prominent Nigerians in the last year. Don’t stop praying.Before the middle of the year, many will say hope rising.Learn from the disasters of 2012 and take precautions soonest to advert bigger ones.

D) International

Prominent world leaders need lots of prayers as not to die in officeProminent church leaders need prayers against planned scandals.Weather conditions may get worse, much worse, unless prayers intensify.Expect a major breakthrough in medicineNations who pass unholy laws, will have a taste of divine fury.

2013 Prophecies from Dr Dk Olukoya of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

1.A YEAR THAT WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD REBELLION SPARK2.A YEAR OF MYSTERIOUS HAPPENING3.A YEAR OF HORRIBLE AND PATHETIC SINS4.A YEAR OF DISINTEGRATION AND DISCEPTION5.A DANGEROUS YEAR TO PLAY WITH SIN6.A YEAR OF UNUSUALTURBULEN­ ­ ­CE TIME7.A YEAR OF UNCOMMON LAWLESSNESS8.A VOLATILE YEAR WITH SHORT TEMPER9.A YEAR OF SPECIAL PRAYER10.A YEAR WHEN THE ACCUSED WILL BE THE JUDGE11.A YEAR OF THE RAGE OF SEAS....12.A YEAR WHERE PRAYERS ARE NEEDED TO ARREST LOCAL,NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WASTERS13.A YEAR OF NATURAL DISASTERS14.A YEAR OF DEATH FOR ARTISTE AND MUSICIANS15.A YEAR OF SHAKING FOR NATION THAT SUPPORT GODLESSNESS16.A YEAR OF CONFUSED REVOLUTIONIST17.A YEAR OF HISSING AND SHAME FOR THE DEVIL1B.A YEAR OF NEW POSITIONING19.A YEAR OF UNBELIEVABLE AND DISLOYALTY20.A YEAR OF REBELLION AGAINST ALL BONDAGES21.A YEAR OF PLENTY OF INIQUITY22.A YEAR OF BLOODY CIVIL WARS23.A YEAR OF JUDGEMENT FOR THOSE WHO INITIATE ANTISCRIPTUAL JUDGEMENT24.A YEAR OF CELESTIAL WARFARE25.A YEAR OF ECONOMIC FAMININE FOR UNBELIEVERS26.A YEAR OF UNCOMMON SHAKING IN MARKET OF THE WORLD27.A YEAR OF BLESSINGS FOR CHILDREN OF GOD28.A YEAR OF RAW POWER OF GOD TO DESRTOYLONG STANDING YOKE29.A YEAR OF UNCOMMON DISASTER 4 D SEXUALLY LOSE30.A CRUCIAL YEAR OF GOD'S CALLING,TRAININ­ ­­G AND CHOOSING31.A YEAR WHEN THE POWERLESS SHALL PUT THE POWERFUL TO SHAME32.A YEAR OF RESULGENCE OF CULTISM33.A YEAR OF BROADCASTING MALPRATICES34.A YEAR WHERE DESTINY WILL MOVE OUT OF BONDAGE35.A YEAR OF DELIVERANCE AND JUSTICE36.A YEAR OF WHEN DESTROYERS SHALL SPLIT37.A YEAR WHEN SATANIC ACQUIRED WEALTH SHALL BACKFIRE38.A YEAR OF RAGE OF CONFUSION39.A YEAR WHERE MANY SORROWS WILL TURN TO JOY40.A YEAR OF HARVEST OF BREAKTHROUGH

KEYS TO SURVIVE1.GO AND MEMORIZE PROV 21:302.MAKE IT A REGULARLY HABIT TO CONFESS PSALM 27&PSALM 913.LIVE A CLEAN HOLY LIFE4.BE A GOOD STEWARD OF EVERYTHING GOD HAS GIVEN TO YOU5.ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORD THEREBY MAINTAIN YOUR INTEGRITY6.FOCUS ON GIVING RATHER THAN GETTING7.GET RID OF ANYTHING LESS THAN EXCELLENCE8.DONT TELL LIES AGAIN9.LISTENING 85% AND SPEAK 15%10.KEEP YOUR BODY UNDER(I.E KILL YOUR FLESH)

7 PRAYERS:1. EVERY COVEN MANIPULATION, SCATTER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.2. IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES, OH LORD, CATAPULT ME TO MEGA SUCCESS.3. O HEAVENS ARISE, KILL THE ENEMIES OF MY LIFTING.4. ANOINTING OF FULL RESTORATION, FALL UPON ME, IN JESUS' NAME.5. EVERY TRAP SET AGAINST MY FEET, CATCH YOUR OWNER, IN JESUS' NAME.6. LIKE JACOB, SHOW ME THE LADDER OF MY BREAKTHROUGH.7. EVERY POWER REPORTING MY PROGRESS TO DARKNESS, FALL DOWN AND DIE, IN JESUS' NAME

21-year old British Nigerian rising Pop star LOLA RAE finally unveils the long-awaited music video for her massive Afrobeats club banger “Watch My Ting Go” which received its television premiere earlier today on SoundCity TV!

Yvonne Nwosu posted this photo of herself and her dearest, rapper Ice Prince, on her Instagram page with the caption - 'ain't nobody's business'.Really? Well, don't you think they are indeed fit for eachother?As for me, I like the combo :D